Posted on 01/23/2014 4:15:29 PM PST by BenLurkin
The mission will be automated and unmanned, but if all goes well Sierra Nevada hopes to have a human flight by sometime in 2017.
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Nice! I’ve never had the pleasure of watching any live launch.
It wouldn't take many of those to get launched.
SunkenCiv, you know me on Facebook as well. Next time you’re over there, go to my wall and scroll to January 17. My brother posted an old picture of the two of us and our sister standing in front of a Saturn V on a cold day (we were kids then, all three of us are in our fifties now). I think that was either Apollo 14 or 16, because they were launched in early 1971 and 1972, respectively.
Thanks, I’ll check it out. And speakin’ of pictures, have you had any luck finding that picture of you inside the Khufu sarcophagus? That one would make me die of jealousy if it weren’t just about the coolest photo-op idea I’ve ever even heard of. :’)
Unfortunately my flash didn’t work when I tried that. However I remember spooking some French tourists who entered the King’s Chamber at that moment, and then got a picture of one of them trying it! :)
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